Moncrief
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Scottish habitational surname from a place near Perth, from Scottish Gaelic monadh (“mountain, hill”) + craoibhe, genitive of craobh (“tree”).
Proper noun edit
Moncrief (plural Moncriefs)
- A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Moncrief is the 7171st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4665 individuals. Moncrief is most common among White (71.43%) and Black/African American (22.98%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Moncrief”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 609.